| NIKOLA | Tesla who invented the Tesla coil |
| ELON | Forename of the Tesla and SpaceX CEO who founded Neuralink in 2016 and acquired Twitter for some $44 billion (4) |
| ACDC | Letters that encapsulate the Tesla/Edison conflict |
| OSCILLATE | Be undecided about transformation in Tesla coil (9) |
| ARCED | Traveled across a Tesla coil |
| ARC | Shape of some Tesla coil light |
| MEGAVOLT | Tesla coil measure |
| CAR | Non-petrol-driven vehicle such as the Tesla Model 3 (8,3) |
| ELECTRIC | Non-petrol-driven vehicle such as the Tesla Model 3 (8,3) |
| ELEVATED | Given a lift and very happy to take the Tesla, say (8) |
| THANKS | Tesla coils that'll do nicely |
| CHARLES | Given name of the polymath considered the father of the computer who invented the difference engine and worked with Ada Lovelace on the later analytical engine (7) |
| TREVITHICK | Ding Dong mine engineer who invented the Puffing Devil and built the world's first steam railway locomotives including the Catch Me Who Can and the Penydarren (10) |
| HARGREAVES | Weaver from Lancashire who invented the spinning jenny; or, the author and illustrator who created the Mr. Men and Little Miss book series (10) |
| HUYGENS | Dutch scientist who invented the pendulum clock, founded the wave theory of light, first recognised the true shape of Satum's rings and discovered the latter's moon. Titan (7) |
| RUBIK | The man who invented the cube that became a world hit and 'toy of the year', Hungarian designer, Ern |
| WEBER | One of the founders of modern sociology; or, the German physicist who invented the electromagnetic telegraph with his friend Carl Friedrich Gauss (5) |
| COLE | Founding director of the V&A who invented the Christmas card in 1843 as a way of encouraging people to use the penny post (4) |
| EDISON | Surname of the American who invented the phonograph and the microphone (6) |
| TESLA | Subject of the biography "The Man Who Invented the Twentieth Century" |
